Description: This fact sheet discusses the May 23, 2006, Academic Labs proposed rule (71 FR 29712), which is intended to tailor RCRA regulations to the unique environment of an academic laboratory. This alternative set of regulations would provide academic laboratories with increased flexibility, helping them ensure that the waste they generate is safely managed.

Description: Summary of generator accumulation regulations. Both LQGs and SQGs may establish satellite accumulation areas (SAA). Waste in excess of 55 gallons or 1 quart of acute hazardous waste must be removed within three days. When a generator exceeds 55 gallons or 1 quart acute hazardous waste, the container must be dated. The generator must date container again when it is moved to central accumulation area. Three days means three consecutive days. There is no federal requirement that full containers of hazardous waste be removed from an SAA within three days of being filled. Generators may transfer hazardous waste between containers to facilitate storage, transportation, or treatment. Containers in SAAs do not have to comply with the air emission standards of Part 265 Subparts AA, BB, and CC. Inspections of SAAs are not required if SAA meets 262.34(c) requirements. Personnel working in SAAs not required to have training. It is permissible to have more than one waste in an SAA and more than one container of hazardous waste in an SAA. The regulations do not limit the total number of SAAs at a generator facility. Generators may not move hazardous wastes between SAAs. A single SAA may have multiple points of generation. Generators must include all hazardous waste in their SAAs in monthly quantities for determining their generator status. Containers attached to equipment discharging hazardous waste must comply with SAA regulations and is a point of generation. Small containers (vials or tubes) may be placed in properly labeled larger containers. (SEE ALSO: 75 FR 12989, 12994; March 18, 2010)

Description: This publication is the Spanish translation of Managing Your Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Businesses (EPA530-K-01-005). The manual helps small businesses determine whether they generate hazardous waste and provides comprehensive information on how to comply with the federal hazardous waste regulations for small quantity generators. It explains how to obtain an EPA identification number, manage hazardous waste on site, ship hazardous waste off site, comply with land disposal restrictions, and conduct good housekeeping.

Description: Hazardous waste generators may treat waste on site in accumulation tanks or containers without a permit or interim status provided that they comply with applicable provisions in 40 CFR 262.34 and the treatment is not thermal treatment (SEE ALSO: 56 FR 10146, 10168; 3/24/86). A small quantity generator (SQG) performing on-site treatment in a tank only follows the special standards in 265.201 and not all of the Part 265, Subpart J requirements. Standards in 265.201 supplant Subpart J requirements for SQGs rather than supplement them. Part 265, Subparts I and J, including SQG tank standards in 265.201, apply whether a unit is used for treatment or accumulation. Authorized states can have more stringent requirements.

Description: Small quantity generators (SQGs) and large quantity generators (LQGs) may treat hazardous waste on site without a permit provided they comply with 262.34 and conduct no thermal treatment. Conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQGs) may treat hazardous waste on site without a permit provided they meet one of the conditions in 261.5(g)(3)(iii) through (vii). No generator may conduct thermal treatment without a permit. SQGs cannot treat in containment buildings or on drip pads and continue to operate under the reduced 262.34(d) standards. Only SQGs that operate under LQG standards may use these units. State implementing agencies may have more stringent rules regarding generator treatment.

Description: The manual helps small businesses determine whether they generate hazardous waste and provides comprehensive information on how to comply with the federal hazardous waste regulations for small quantity generators. It explains how to obtain an EPA identification number, manage hazardous waste on site, ship hazardous waste off site, comply with land disposal restrictions, and conduct good housekeeping.

Description: Large quantity generators (LQG) and small quantity generators (SQG) with multiple satellite accumulation areas cannot move wastes between satellite accumulation areas. Waste that leaves a satellite accumulation area should be destined for an accumulation area which is fully regulated under 262.34(a) or (d), or Parts 264 or 265.

Description: Large quantity generator (LQG) closure standards require the minimization of need for further maintenance, the minimization or elimination of post-closure escape of hazardous waste or constituents, and decontamination or removal of all contaminated equipment, structures, and soils. LQGs storing or treating waste in tanks, drip pads, or containment buildings are also subject to unit-specific closure standards. Small quantity generators (SQG) managing waste in tanks must remove all hazardous waste, discharge control equipment, and discharge confinement structures. Conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQG) do not have closure requirements.

Description: This fact sheet details the success of the waste minimization program for the New York Air National Guard, which was able to move from large quantity generator status to small quantity generator status.

Description: Export standards apply only to primary exporters of waste. The primary exporter is an exporter that requires a manifest. Small quantity generators (SQGs) with contractual reclamation agreements do not require a manifest. SQGs shipping waste under a reclamation agreement are not subject to export requirements because they are not a primary exporter.

Description: Provides a clarification of the terms on-site, facility, installation, and individual generation site. Contiguous properties owned by different persons require separate identification numbers. Manifests are required for all off-site shipments of waste, even if both properties belong to the same generator (SUPERSEDED: manifest exemption for shipments along the border of contiguous properties; 62 FR 6622; 2/12/97). No manifest is required to ship hazardous waste between two properties under the same ownership that are located at opposite corners of an intersection. Large quantity generator (LQG) and small quantity generator (SQG) waste must be sent to a designated facility. No final interpretation exists on whether conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) waste sent to an intermediate location for consolidation loses its exemption. Waste in transportation may be consolidated at transfer facilities. The emergency response exemption from permitting applies to immediate response only. Hazardous waste generated as the result of discharge may be accumulated for 90 days under Section 262.34.

Description: Large quantity generators (LQGs) and small quantity generators (SQGs) may treat without a permit or interim status under Section 262.34. SQGs are not subject to Biennial Report requirements. Conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQG) regulations are found in Section 261.5. EPA does not require waste codes on the manifest but DOT regulations may. States may require waste codes to be listed on the manifest.

Description: Discusses waste minimization requirements for generators and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs). Large quantity generators (LQGs) and TSDFs are required to certify they have a program in place. LQGs are required to describe their waste minimization efforts in the biennial report (Sections 3002(a)(6), 3002(b), and 3005(h)) (SUPERSEDED: no longer required on biennial report, see 1997 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions). Small quantity generators (SQGs) must certify a good faith effort on the manifest.

Description: Small quantity generators (SQGs) who accumulate waste in a containment building without a permit are subject to the more stringent standards of Section 262.34(a), including the 90 day time limit. SQGs who accumulate under Section 262.34(d) are limited to the use of tanks and containers.

Description: Small quantity generators are subject to the land disposal restrictions (LDR) program. Only CESQGs are exempt from Part 268. The manifest does not address all of the information required to comply with the Part 268 notification requirements.

Description: Appliances collected from households are household hazardous waste (HHW). Material removed from an appliance that qualifies as HHW is also exempt. 261.2(f) documentation requirements apply to conditionally exempt small quantity generator (CESQG) wastes. Provides a summary of the regulations proposed pursuant to 608 of CAA designed to limit the emissions of ozone-depleting compounds.

Description: Both LQGs and SQGs can treat in accumulation tanks or containers without a permit if the treatment is in compliance with the 262.34 generator accumulation requirements. Generators who accumulate waste in 262.34 units must comply with the waste analysis plan (WAP) requirements per 268.7(a)(4). Treatment in generator accumulation units cannot violate the dilution prohibition.

Description: A fuel oil leak from a household tank is exempt household hazardous waste (HHW). EPA does not determine if a particular waste is characteristic. The hazardous waste determination is the generator’s responsibility. SQGs that are newly subject due to the toxicity characteristic (TC) rule had until 11/2/90 to notify the region. SQGs were granted an additional three months to comply with the TC Rule. Spilled petroleum products that are reclaimed from contaminated soil and used to produce fuels are not solid wastes.

Description: Addresses the definition of generator. Multiple medical waste generators at one site are individually liable. If such wastes are commingled, the generators could be jointly and severally liable. SQGs are eligible for certain exemptions (SUPERSEDED: see 60 FR 33912; 6/29/95).

Description: The TC (toxicity characteristic) is effective 9/25/90. There are different TC compliance dates for LQG (9/25/90) and SQG (3/29/91). D008 (lead) wastes that fail TCLP but pass EP (extraction procedure) are considered in compliance with D008 treatment standard and can be land disposed (SUPERSEDED: see 63 FR 28556; 5/26/98).

Description: Small quantity generators (SQG) may accumulate up to 55 gallons of nonacute hazardous waste in a satellite areas without meeting storage requirements provided accumulation meets the requirements in Section 262.34(c).

Description: LQGs and SQGs must comply with all applicable contingency plan, emergency procedures, and personnel training requirements under 262.34. Discussion of the relationship of generator training requirements to OSHA training.

Description: LQGs must comply with 265.111 and 265.114. SQGs need only comply with the applicable accumulation unit closure requirements. Generator tanks which cannot meet the closure performance standards must close as a landfill and comply with 265, Subparts G and H.

Description: SQG solvent and dioxin wastes were not granted a two year variance on the effective date of the land disposal restrictions (LDR) for placement of those wastes in Class I underground injection control (UIC) SDWA wells. The extension of the effective date for solvents wastes with less than one percent (1%) total solvent constituents applied to all generators, including SQGs.

Description: Generators may accumulate hazardous waste on site for 90 days or less without a permit. Generators may obtain a 30 day extension if the waste remains on site due to unforeseen, temporary, and uncontrollable circumstances. An authorized state may grant an extension without consulting EPA.

Description: A small quantity generator may accumulate waste for up to 270 days if he/she ships the waste to a facility greater than 200 miles away, even if there is an alternate TSDF closer than 200 miles.

Description: Discusses a national capacity variance for solvents, dioxins, soils, and media from RCRA and CERCLA cleanups, an exemption for solvents from SQGs, and the land disposal restrictions (LDR) storage prohibition. Ash derived from the incineration of F003 remains listed (SEE ALSO: 66 FR 27266; 5/16/01). F003 mixed with solid waste is no longer hazardous if it is not characteristic via the mixture rule (SUPERSEDED: See 268.3). If the origin is not known, wastes with F001-F005 constituents are considered listed (SUPERSEDED: See 55 FR 8758; 3/8/90).

Description: The land disposal restrictions (LDR) treatment standards for solvents are set at concentration levels, and incineration is not mandatory. Facilities may not have to meet the standards if they are subject to a national capacity variance for wastes with less than 1% F001-F005 solvents, are SQGs, or are granted a no-migration variance.

Description: Valclene or trichlorotrifluoroethane that is used in dry cleaning operations is F002. SQGs generating certain spent solvents qualify for a two-year national capacity variance until 11/8/88. CESQGs are not subject to land disposal restrictions (LDR).

Description: Generator status is determined by the total of the hazardous waste generated in a calendar month. Waste identification for solvent-contaminated rags and shop towels is under review for petition (SEE ALO: RPC# 2/14/94-01). SQG solvent rags from the printing industry may be managed under a tolling agreement. A printer shipping hazardous rags to an industrial laundry may qualify for the manifest exemption under 262.20(e) if the printer is a SQG and all conditions of the exemption are met.

Description: A facility managing SQG wastes on or before 9/22/86, qualifies for interim status because it is in existence. If a facility obtains interim status for managing SQG waste, and then wants to expand to also manage LQG waste, the owner or operator must submit a revised Part A under changes during interim status.

Description: A discussion of a proposal to extend waste minimization certification requirement to small quantity generators. Only one signature is required for two parts of the certification. From an enforcement perspective, EPA is primarily concerned with the compliance with the certification signatory requirement. A generator should make a good faith effort to minimize the amount of waste generated (3002(b)). Judgments made by the generator for purposes of a waste minimization certification are not subject to external regulatory action.

Description: A generator must count all waste on-site when determining if the quantity of waste on-site exceeds 6000 kg, including wastes produced in one month as SQG which are in one area and wastes produced in another month as LQG which are in separate area.

Description: A discussion of dominant risk constituents from various small quantity generator (SQG) tank wastestreams. The risk associated with waste is summarized by using the dominant risk constituent.

Description: CESQG wastes accumulated by a storage facility in quantities greater than 1000 kg do not need to manifest when sent off-site. The final disposal site need not be RCRA-permitted. If waste was generated by a SQG, the waste must be manifested to a state-registered facility, and from the facility to the disposal site. After 3/31/86, waste generated by a 100-1000 kg/month generator (SQG) must be disposed in a RCRA-permitted or an interim status facility .

Description: SQGs producing between 100 and 1000 kg/month of hazardous waste that partially reclaim silver from spent photo fixer prior to shipment off-site for further reclamation are not subject to precious metals recycling recordkeeping, but spent material must be manifested (SEE ALSO: 10/5/94-01, current 261.5, 262.34(d)).

Description: A small quantity generator under 261.5 who episodically becomes a large quantity generator needs to only comply with personnel training requirements when he is subject to 262.34 (SEE ALSO: current 261.5 and 262.34 for revised generator categories).

Description: Leachate from municipal landfills must be handled as hazardous if it is characteristic. The landfill is the generator of the waste. Nonhazardous leachate can be recycled into the landfill. Hazardous leachate must go to a TSDF or POTW unless the landfill is an exempt small quantity generator (SUPERSEDED: for landfill leachate recirculation, see 258.28) (SEE ALSO: 261.31 (F039 listing), 261.5, 262.34).

Description: EPA intended 261.5(g)(3)(iv) to apply to states with programs to permit or license facilities handling only SQG waste. In states without a formal program, registered includes facilities that have informed state or local government of their activities (SUPERSEDED: the SQG designation was replaced with the CESQG designation for the purposes of 261.5, see 51 FR 10174; 3/24/86).

Description: Products that contain listed CCPs, such as railroad ties or asbestos insulation, are not listed CCPs when they are discarded. The mixture rule applies to CCPs being mixed with solid wastes. The point of generation for a CCP is “instantly when the act of discarding takes place.” Incorporating CCPs like creosote and asbestos into a product is not mixing with solid waste. A company with several operations on one site is a single generator. Even if each operation qualified as an SQG, the total site waste production may make all operations LQGs. If a facility is an LQG, all wastes must be handled as LQG waste, even wastes that are produced in small quantities or intermittently (SUPERSEDED: see current 261.5, 262.34(d)).